Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 Telephoto Lens for Sony E-Mount Cameras (Black)

A nice zoom lens. With body made of Mag-Alloy, silent AF motor AND built-in Image Stabilisation (IS). On top of everything, this lens has "Focus Tracking Compatibility" with E-mount Cameras, which is of GREAT help, when shooting moving objects (in decent light) at the 210mm end. The kit SELP16-50 lens and this lens are more than adequate if you are upgrading to APS-C Sensor based Camera and want to shoot much more interesting photos than your P&S or Bridge Camera. For a reach of 210mm (315mm Full Frame equivalent), this is the cheapest Native Lens. The SEL70200G is massive and sells for around Rs 1 Lac. Certain adapted Zoom Lenses are much better Optically, cost around Rs 5000, but, without the Stabilisation, difficult to have crisp shots above 135mm when used hand-held and in low light. Normally for 210mm, you need to choose 1/210 seconds shutter speed without IS. With IS,I can slow down to 1/50 seconds, at 210mm. With Stationary objects, hand-held shots are possible even at 1/20 seconds (if I remember to choose ISO 3200, hold my breath, use focus peaking and X9.6 magnification), even with illumination from JUST ONE 36W Tube Light. I generally prefer adapted wide angle primes at 28mm and the E-mount 35mm. So this lens is not frequently used, but, is always in the Camera Bag, because of its compact size and low weight. THAT, is the key-point for this Zoom Lens. Just buy it. For those planning to buy Adapted Zoom Lenses: 1. Buying an used and fully manual Zoom lens will be cheap but will get you lot of frustrating images above 150mm, if lighting conditions are bad and you shoot hand-held. But, it will be a fun tool to learn Photography. Seriously. 2. I originally considered "Auto Focus Canon EF-NEX adapter plus Canon EF 70-300mm IS Lens OR Canon EF-S 55-250mm". As per DXO site, performance wise, the EF 70-300mm IS Lens is very close to Canon "L" variant ! If you do not mind the size and weight, go get it along with the adapter. But, mostly the lens will be kept at home, I guess. And, the Canon EF-S 55-250 leads by a thin margin optically. The Sony wins due to faster AF, Compact Size and Focus Tracking. If you have a Sony APS-C sensor based E-Mount Camera, and you do NOT have a "Canon EF-S 55-250 lens", do not think too much and get this lens.

An excellent buy for my SONY alpha 6000. Fantastic picture quality. They complement my camera's anti shake feature and I got some really lovely pictures from ICEtrain traveling at 260 kmph in Europe. Light weight and fixes on the camera body in jiffy.

value for money. works fine. build quality is good, but can not compare with the quality of kit lens. happy with it considering its price. takes great pics in good lighting. Optical stability works fine.

Value for money... its basically zoom lens... good metal body and build quality... light weight...focusing is not so good as expected...

Excellent

I use it on my Sony A7 full frame camera. The product description said it is suitable for Sony A7 but was not explicit that the image will be cropped since it is designed for APS size sensor and not for full frame. I am not happy with the results.

Superb lens for superb price This is a must lens for semi professionals and amateurs photographers. I have uploaded few photos All these photos are resized so may appear pixelated (to save data and time ) My contact number is 7676767575

pros originL sony lens. good auto and manual photography. low light needs special attn. perhaps holding breath works good. over all gr8 product